If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahweh;
Parallel translations
- KJV If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
- BSB If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD.
- NKJV If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
- NASB If he is going to offer a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord,
- NLT If you present a sheep as your offering, bring it to the Lord,
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Quick answer
If the worshiper brings a lamb, he presents it before the LORD. The fellowship offering may be a lamb brought in worship to God.
Overview
The instruction specifies the lamb as one acceptable peace offering, presented before God at the sanctuary. The lamb, frequently associated with sacrifice throughout Scripture, here serves the purpose of fellowship. This recurring imagery of the lamb offered before God ultimately points to Jesus, 'the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world' (John 1:29).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 8:62The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
- Lev 17:8–9“You shall say to them, ‘Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Lev 3:1“‘If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before Yahweh.
- Eph 5:12For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
- Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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